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Baytīn a Jordanian village: a study of social institutions and social change in a folk community
Mouton • 1 • Published In 1966 • Pages: 202
By: Lutfiyya, Abdulla M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an ethnographic study of the Jordanian village of BaytĪn, located approximately four miles northeast of the town of Ramallah. The author visited the village during a three-month period in the summer of 1960. His field observations, in conjunction with informal interviews, forms the basis of this study. Emphasis in this work is on social institutions and social change with particular reference to community life, Islam and the village culture, religion and rituals, government and politics, settlement of disputes, making a living, marriage customs, and family structure.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Real property
- Production and supply
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Classes
- Clans
- Community structure
- Informal in-group justice
- Theological systems
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Palestinians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960 (three months in summer)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of BaytĪn, Jordan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Abdulla M. Lutfiyya
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65027400
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs